Your morning briefing for Thursday, July 20, 2017: Trump nominates a climate skeptic to USDA’s top science post, Trump says he should not have appointed Sessions as attorney general, and Staff shortages plague ‘dumping ground’ for Maine youth with mental illness

Your morning briefing for Wednesday, July 19, 2017: Mormon university instructor says she was fired after Facebook post supporting LGBT rights, Trump suggests Republicans will let Obamacare market collapse, and Collins vows public will play major role in creation of new Senate health bill

Your morning briefing for Tuesday, July 18, 2017: Coast Guard wants to kick boats off Potomac River when Trump is golfing, Senate returns with GOP agenda in flux, and adorable mouse is to blame for the spread of Lyme disease

Your morning briefing for Monday, July 17, 2017: Catholic nuns built a chapel to block the path of a gas pipeline, doctor finds 27 contact lenses lost in woman’s eye, and the next Doctor Who will be a woman

Your morning briefing for Thursday, June 13, 2017: FBI nominee Wray pledges he would resign before improperly dropping an investigation, Maine lawmaker suggests in Facebook rant he would harm Trump, and House Democrat files first articles of impeachment against Trump

Your morning briefing for Tuesday, July 11, 2017: Feds step up probe of land deal pushed by the wife of Bernie Sanders, Susan Collins wants chance to question Trump Jr. on meeting with Russians, and Janet Mills will run for governor as Democrat

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After remaining largely silent on the past weekend’s violence in Virginia, Gov. Paul LePage erupted Thursday on the radio. Maine’s Republican governor echoed President Donald Trump’s reaction to the Charlottesville conflict, assigning equal blame to white supremacists and counter-protesters who showed up to oppose a rally against removing a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. […]